2: Almost half of all fruits and vegetables produced worldwide are lost or wasted – equivalent to 3.7 trillion apples. Fresh produce has among the highest wastage rates of any food products.

4: Every year, 22 percent of the global production of oilseeds and pulses is lost or wasted. That’s the same as the number of olives needed to produce enough oil to fill nearly 11,000 Olympics-sized swimming pools.

5: Roots and tuber food losses account for 45 percent. In North America and Oceania, 5.8 million tons of these foods are wasted at the consumption stage alone, which equates to more than 1 billion bags of potatoes.